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Issus

noun
1.
A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III.  Synonym: battle of Issus.





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... the Hittite empire, which was pressing forward from the neck of Asia Minor through the passes of Issus into Syria, and was rapidly increasing in power, Mitani stood on the eve of its fall. Babylonians and Hittites were alike watching to pluck the ripe fruit, and perhaps it lacked little to decide Tushratta, instead of fighting once more for the crown, to capitulate to the invading ...
— The Tell El Amarna Period • Carl Niebuhr


Words linked to "Issus" :   Anatolia, battle of Issus, pitched battle, Asia Minor


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